1956 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/2/1956	A	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	41-20	W	Kitchener, ON		2500
Wed	8/8/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	28-13	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	11000
Mon	8/13/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	15-20	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium
Sat	8/25/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	20-24	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22732
Wed	8/29/1956	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0-18	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	23801
Mon	9/3/1956	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-31	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	20725
Sat	9/8/1956	H	Montreal Alouettes	51-28	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	20942
Wed	9/12/1956	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-21	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	19153
Fri	9/14/1956	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41-19	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	24118
Sat	9/22/1956	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20-31	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	21825
Sat	9/29/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	22-43	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18791
Sat	10/6/1956	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6-42	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15125
Mon	10/8/1956	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29-34	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19046
Sat	10/13/1956	H	Montreal Alouettes	13-28	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	18679
Sat	10/20/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	26-37	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13770
Sat	10/27/1956	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	19-30	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	15535
Sat	11/3/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	41-27	W	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	20913

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
51	Bill Albright	OT-DT	6-1	245	27	Wisconsin	12
64	Pete Bennett	T	6-3	240	29	Toronto	14
53	Fred Black	G	6-0	220	26	none	14
82	Earl Blair	HB	5-10	175	22	Mississippi	6
81	Dick Brown	DB	5-10	170	30	Toronto	13
77	Royal Copeland	E	6-0	190	32	none	11
60	Hardiman Cureton	DG	5-11	235	23	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	14
79	Bucky Curtis	E	6-3	212	27	Vanderbilt	14
86	Gerry Doucette	QB	6-0	187	22	none	13
57	Mike Falls	G	6-1	240	22	Minnesota	8
90	O.K. Ferguson	HB	6-0	202	22	Louisiana State	13
83	Arnie Galiffa	QB	6-2	193	29	Army	12
93	Jim Hagerty	HB	6-1	188	23	Pasadena CC; Washington State	3
73	Elgin Hirst	E	5-11	213	27	none	14
95	Bobby Kuntz	DB	5-11	178	24	McMaster	14
	Lowell Lander	HB	6-0	195	24	Westminster (Pennsylvania)	1
61	Bill Lucky	T	6-3	240	25	Baylor	6
63	Fran Machinsky	OG	6-0	215	21	Ohio State	12
50	Baz Mackie	G	5-11	222	24	Toronto	14
56	Ron Marciniak	G-LB	6-1	210	24	Kansas State	9
62	Carl Massin	T	6-2	235	21	none	5
56	Jack Maultsby	T	6-2	230	25	North Carolina	2
99	Bill McFarlane	DB-OHB	6-0	178	26	Toronto	14
84	Bart Moll	HB	6-0	187	21	none	14
87	Norm Nygaard	FB	5-11	183	25	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	1
75	Jerry O'Flanagan	E	6-2	215	24	McGill; British Columbia	9
70	Al Pfeifer	E	6-1	200	28	Fordham	13
94	Alex Ponton	HB-LB	6-1	205	25	McMaster	8
78	Al Romine	HB	6-2	191	24	North Alabama	7
76	Tex Schriewer	E	6-4	220	22	Texas	13
88	Dick Shatto	HB	6-2	196	23	Kentucky	14
52	Danny Shaw	G	6-1	233	22	none	14
69	Billy Shipp	T	6-5	275	26	Alabama	2
92	Johnny Sopinka	OHB	5-11	170	23	Toronto	14
76	Jack Stephans	QB			21	Holy Cross	2
40	Norm Stoneburgh	C	6-2	245	21	none	11
89	Doug Thompson	HB	5-10	202	23	Clemson	14
72	John Welton	E	6-4	230	27	Queen's; Wake Forest	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	90	61	72	108
Opponents Totals	130	118	124	41

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		360	123	212	25	85	748
Opponents Totals		333	148	169	16	105	893

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Dick Shatto	9	0	0		0	0		0	0	54
Bucky Curtis	8	0	0		0	0		1	0	49
O.K. Ferguson	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
Al Pfeifer	6	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0	38
Al Romine	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Mike Falls	1	23	28	82.1	0	0		0	0	29
Bobby Kuntz	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Tex Schriewer	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Earl Blair	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Arnie Galiffa	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Bart Moll	0	8	15	53.3	1	3	33.3	0	0	11
Royal Copeland	1	0	0		0	0		0	1	8
Gerry Doucette	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	2
Fred Black	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	48	33	48	68.8	1	3	33.3	3	2	331
Opponents Totals	57	43	57	75.4	4	9	44.4	14	1	413

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.K. Ferguson	154	802	5.2	21	6
Bobby Kuntz	108	578	5.4	28	2
Dick Shatto	118	575	4.9	67	3
Arnie Galiffa	32	106	3.3	15	2
Doug Thompson	3	35	11.7	20	0
Earl Blair	6	24	4.0	10	0
Bart Moll	6	11	1.8	7	0
Jack Stephans	2	3	1.5	3	0
Gerry Doucette	3	2	0.7	2	0
Team Totals	432	2136	4.9		13
Opponents Totals	472	2500	5.3		26

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Arnie Galiffa	441	256	58.0	165	3682	8.3	14.4	72	32	7.3	20	4.5			90.5
Gerry Doucette	36	19	52.8	12	350	9.7	18.4	40	1	2.8	5	13.9			56.3
Jack Stephans	30	14	46.7	13	127	4.2	9.1	16	0	0.0	3	10.0			19.0
Earl Blair	2	1	50.0	1	8	4.0	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0			60.4
Dick Shatto	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			39.6
Team Totals	510	290	56.9	192	4167	8.2	14.4		33	6.5	28	5.5	242	3925	82.2
Opponents Totals	400	226	56.5	150	3848	9.6	17.0		28	7.0	24	6.0	273	3575	87.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Pfeifer	78	993	12.7	35	6
Bucky Curtis	48	927	19.3	50	8
Dick Shatto	41	553	13.5	45	5
Al Romine	29	538	18.6	72	5
Bobby Kuntz	27	269	10.0	25	2
Tex Schriewer	24	386	16.1	68	3
O.K. Ferguson	21	194	9.2	19	1
Royal Copeland	10	138	13.8	32	1
Johnny Sopinka	4	45	11.3	16	0
Earl Blair	3	47	15.7	21	2
Bill McFarlane	2	37	18.5	23	0
Bart Moll	1	22	22.0	22	0
Doug Thompson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Norm Nygaard	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	290	4167	14.4		33
Opponents Totals	226	3848	17.0		28

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hardiman Cureton	4	16	4.0	11	0
Johnny Sopinka	4	5	1.3	5	0
Dick Shatto	3	72	24.0	51	0
Earl Blair	2	29	14.5	23	0
Dick Brown	2	11	5.5	11	0
Bobby Kuntz	2	9	4.5	9	0
Doug Thompson	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Marciniak	1	15	15.0	15	0
Lowell Lander	1	11	11.0	11	0
Bill McFarlane	1	5	5.0	5	0
Fran Machinsky	1	3	3.0	3	0
Al Pfeifer	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	24	179	7.5		0
Opponents Totals	28	229	8.2		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Gerry Doucette	106	3919	37.0	64	3	-
Alex Ponton	12	496	41.3	64	0	-
Team Totals	118	4415	37.4			-	748	3667	31.1
Opponents Totals	114	5014	44.0			-	806	4208	36.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dick Brown	44	379	8.6	18
Bill McFarlane	35	246	7.0	27
Doug Thompson	18	127	7.1	22
Dick Shatto	1	25	25.0	25
Earl Blair	4	14	3.5	9
Lowell Lander	1	10	10.0	10
Al Pfeifer	1	5	5.0	5
Johnny Sopinka	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	105	806	7.7
Opponents Totals	109	748	6.9

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Shatto	25	636	25.4	54	0
Bill McFarlane	11	176	16.0	26	0
Doug Thompson	6	130	21.7	30	0
Bobby Kuntz	4	82	20.5	28	0
Jim Hagerty	5	65	13.0	24	0
Norm Nygaard	2	53	26.5	30	0
Bucky Curtis	5	48	9.6	29	0
Earl Blair	3	48	16.0	20	0
Lowell Lander	1	20	20.0	20	0
Tex Schriewer	1	16	16.0	16	0
Ron Marciniak	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dick Brown	1	7	7.0	7	0
Royal Copeland	1	5	5.0	5	0
Al Pfeifer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	67	1301	19.4		0
Opponents Totals	62	1421	22.9		1

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